1. 11/02/16 – Rachel Knowles –BreakingBoundaries
After keeping theirUK number 1 with figure it out; Breaking Boundaries have become the most
captivating and inspiring alternative rock band in the music industry to date. With honest, relatable and
authentic lyrics; thisestablished band has certainly lived up to their name and have definitely broken the
boundaries on all things music. Therefore, Era felt it was about time that we met the sensational band
knownas BreakingBoundaries;intheirfirstexclusive interview.
Dressed in the same casual look, they all appear to have coordinated for the photoshoot as they are all
wearing a black top and black jeans; however Megan and Chloe appear to be wearing their heroes band
t-shirts – Chloe is wearing Bring Me The Horizon’s merchandise top with their fourth album cover art
Sempiternal. Megan on the other hand is wearing Pvris’ new baseball tee as Pvris are another upcoming
band who are also going to be supporting Neck Deep alongside Breaking Boundaries at their ukeg of
theirworldwidetour.
Back in 2011, Megan, Chloe and Jay all met at college as they fortunately happened to be placed in the
same psychology class together; however they didn’t all start on the best of terms… “Automatically I
assumed Chloe was stuck up as she only seemed to care about herself in class and didn’t speak much to
the rest of us” Megan explained, “However, one day our teacher paired us up and all I remember thinkin
was how this was going to be the slowest two hours of my life” she laughed as she knew how wrong she
was. “I was just insane; my head was all over the place at the time. But honestly I wasn’t what Meg
thought I was, I was just trying to be on the down low so people didn’t notice me in the class… which
seemed to work for Jay” Chloe laughed. “To begin with I didn’t have an opinion on the two girls, to me
they were just another person in my class; I didn’t even know their names until the fourth month in to
the course, I was that oblivious to college life” Jay began to reveal. “I was heavily addicted to any drug I
could possibly get my hands on, I felt better, I felt more alive. However, I know that’s not the person I
want to be anymore. It was a fucking shit time in my life, if I could change anything it would have been
that; without a doubt. But in a way I am glad I have learnt from my incredibly addictive habit, I know I
wouldnevergoback to drugshoweverhardthingsget.”
A few months in to the unexpected friendship they all realised the extreme passion and love they
seemed to share for music when Megan allowed Jay and Chloe to read the music she had previously
written. “Times got tough for me; I didn’t know if I was going to top myself or carryon breathing” she
sighed “sleeping pills seemed to do the trick for about five months during year 11. Nothing else was
working; I got prescribed anti-depressants but all they seemed to do was make me feel shittier about
myself. Sleeping pills allowed me to feel normality, I didn’t feel drained, but in fact I didn’t feel anything,
that’s what made me addicted. I was addicted to the numbness of my life.” she looked down towards
the clean wooden floor as she realised how far she has come in her life; Chloe continued to explain
Megan’s story as she suddenly went quiet, “music really helps us all, it allows us to express how we all
feel at specific times in our life and I feel that’s what makes our music so raw and original. Each nd every
song has come from our dark past and it means something to us all. We all hope that our fans can relate
to the music we are producing. We have all been to hell but we are glad that we’re back to some sort of
normality.” Jay quickly interrupted as quickly as he possibly could “I think that’s why everyone was so
captivated by Figure It Out because of how relatable the lyrics were” Jay continued, he then started to
sing to me the chorus of the song “find my way through the dark now I see it clearly… every single one
2. of us relates to this specific line alone purely because of the shit past that collectively we’ve all had, but
it showshowfar we’ve come since we were inthisfuckdupstage of our lives”
When it comes to artists writing their own music you would expect most bands to rely on professional
song writers to do the majority of the hard work for the artist to then turn around and give their
approval; but Breaking Boundaries is a whole new subject. Every heartfelt word was written and
produced by the talented, fresh faced band that has certainly gone through hell. But we all love themfor
who they are mainly because of how proud I am especially of the band; they have really become an
inspiration to everyone who listens to their music. That is why they have become the most sensational
bandof 2016.,
